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  • Ishmael Reed
    Ishmael Reed

    His first novel, The Free-Lance Pallbearers, was published in 1967. It centers on Bukka Doopeyduk, who launches a rebellion in the miserable nation of Harry Sam, ruled by the despotic Harry Sam. In the violent Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down (1969) the hero is a Black circus cowboy with…

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    His first novel, The Free-Lance Pallbearers, was published in 1967. It centers on Bukka Doopeyduk, who launches a rebellion in the miserable nation of Harry Sam, ruled by the despotic Harry Sam. In the violent Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down (1969) the hero is a Black circus cowboy with…

    Read More